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1) 🇩🇪 Some really good news! Germany plans to invest half a billion euros in research on diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid. They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"

2) The decade runs from 2026 to 2036 and and has a total budget of € 500 million, so it will be approximately € 50 million per year. In comparison, NIH funding for ME/CFS in the US is < $15 million.

3) Minister of Research Dorothee Bär said: "...I know what a great burden these diseases represent for those affected and their relatives. The need for research is enormous: there are still no simple solutions or therapies for ME/CFS and post-viral autoimmune diseases...."